Broncos laugh off Blair tackle

It may have earned the ire of Brisbane great Gorden Tallis, but Adam Blair’s chicken-wing tackle on teammate Sam Thaiday has been laughed off by fellow Broncos.

Brisbane forward Jarrod Wallace didn’t think Thaiday would hold a grudge over the incident in last week’s trans-Tasman Test, while teammate Andrew McCullough said Blair “could have done a lot worse”.

Former Brisbane captain Tallis unleashed an extraordinary attack on Blair, saying the Kiwi forward was “one of the dirtiest players” after being charged by the NRL match review committee.

Blair is facing a one-match ban after being hit with a grade one dangerous contact charge for his tackle on Kangaroo Thaiday – his Brisbane teammate – in New Zealand’s 16-0 Test loss to Australia last Friday night.

Tallis said it wasn’t out of character for Blair, who he claimed used tactics in the NRL not becoming of a Bronco.